diff --git a/backends/libpurple/geventloop.cpp b/backends/libpurple/geventloop.cpp
index b32c893d850a4f8ed18f1594bedf2e02b6a4f8be..bccf4b38c15242db3f589dc21a7e231d0145dd88 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/geventloop.cpp
+++ b/backends/libpurple/geventloop.cpp
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 #include "event.h"
 #endif
 
-#include "log4cxx/logger.h"
+#include "purple_defs.h"
 
-using namespace log4cxx;
+#include "transport/logging.h"
 
-static LoggerPtr logger = Logger::getLogger("EventLoop");
+DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "EventLoop");
 
 typedef struct _PurpleIOClosure {
 	PurpleInputFunction function;